Forrester Harvey Biography

Diminuitive Irish actor Forrester Harvey was most often cast as cockney tradesmen, family gardeners and pub hangers-on. He entered films in 1922, but only with the advent of talking pictures were his talents exploited to full advantage. Part subservient, part pugnacious, [[Performer~P30856~Harvey~harvey]] became a fixture of Hollywood films set in England, Ireland or Scotland. His better-known film stints included Beamish in Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932) and Meredith the valet in Laurel and Hardy's [[Feature~V9624~A Chump at Oxford~achumpatoxford]] (1940). So ubiquitous was Forrester Harvey that he managed to appear in a film five years after his death! That film was Frank Capra's [[Feature~V107941~Riding High~ridinghigh]] (1950), a remake of [[Feature~V7184~Broadway Bill~broadwaybill]] (1934) which utilized extensive footage from the earlier film -- including virtually all of [[Performer~P30856~Harvey~harvey]]'s scenes as a horse trainer. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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